The High Cost of Cheap Fast Food

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The latest study of obesity rates in the US is out and the news is not good. Some states increased, and no state decreased. When you look at the longer term problems that obesity causes, it becomes clear that health care reform will have to address this underlying problem before it can make significant strides in controlling costs. The irony is of course that America’s prosperity and cheap fast food is killing us…

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It’s time for the nation’s annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there’s little good news. Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past year and didn’t decline anywhere, says a new report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

And while the nation has long been bracing for a surge in Medicare as the boomers start turning 65, the new report makes clear that fat, not just age, will fuel much of those bills. In every state, the rate of obesity is higher among 55- to 64-year-olds — the oldest boomers — than among today’s 65-and-beyond.